The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-08-17
THE GROWING CROPS.
CONDITION AND GENERAL OUTDOOR
ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST.

tion of Corn.-No imrrovcment I, s,,ri,,,
Iyh,,t. Pan, .,;, c
WASlilNGToH, August lO.--1ho August
report Of the Department OF Agriculture
nivoe tho goI,ou,;r,. g,,ts ora Gorr.. no
' "
W the cohultloh Oh the growing crops
throughout the country
couvrox
nm,
Inc p"SC 'hoh'' mas Dech iaVof"o'e'
except that The rainfaV h's been un-
equally distributed in 30 20 time The
drou,,I,t tbrooto,,;,ot ;e,l
'U 0n ''io" "h"'
damaging rams following, IN the east
ern belt the excess of moisture prcdgmi-
mates as n factor Of dnuroo;ot;on ,Yno
,,, ;au,.c
VICE" 10 ViAcIoiol' i"'Bo ana sappy' an"
the fruit fall appears i'll somo fields
serious, and some cases of rnst ,o.,nor
IN T,on;eio,o a;,,,n,r o,,1;.;,
'''''l'''i '0tA>'i'''ii' 'i"N'
t11oyancu, ''hM only very pRrGallJ IN
+I,,,'I' r., ''i'p 80, ms ooch top 'rJ'
disastrous or s%verc M J,.o,..,rI,t
status of tho cron is yrrv GOOD Car 40
1st of August. While tho rcnort. rc.
coeniZe this as n critical timc and fnor
the effect of subseuucnt dronobts o,, thn
green and succrlrnt conditinn NJ tbo
plant, yet, in comparison of ten Years.
tho August condition is onlv oycct,Ind
by that OF 1882 and 1885. tho ono nro.
ducinp q large crop opi thn oth, -, on
under medium yiull. Tho general .vor-
age condition is 95.3, which is lowe hv
over three points. than flint of MI,
The State AVERAGES nrc MS follows. VII,
ginia o. North Carolina g6. South (,or.
Olina %. GcorCju Of FInridn oE Ala
bama 93, Nississinpi g6, T,ouision, OF
Texas SO. Arlnnsay ~ Vonnossrr o.
The first brood of cntr,nilIors hne an,
peared in several states, but is not gcn.
orally mentioned in the returns. is
reported in Orangoburg ana Brrl, Low.
S. c., in Calhoun, TAYLOR, Dooly aid
Laurens, Georgia: in i,ialc and lJ }los
Alabama; III Siark, Newton, Issaui,. oI,n
and Oktlbbolia MississipDi: in 3,a
River, B0ssicr Eohland, Natchit. hes
ems Camp and jackson, Texas. III, noll
worm is much less ireuueutly ,ncnti, ned
crpr,ts
PioSi'G' L'o"'h ago WAS !af u
WY, tG"'y oiop "l corn ana th' Fe e'n OF
?i ?otSi apooy aI a. VIC "f' I''eG. 10" coH"'.lo
III aii tnc 'o't'tS OF tuo ACi"hGic Goa, IS
no" uhimpaired m ~ ana q OF very hiBh pom
t: .:o. ~ AcHas 0'iiu AcHtIcsSCG inc c"tul-
oion ii''' ucciiiic' ;uu.ori"l'y' IA tho
I~oh'i". ~ uol'i ~ Mtcbioh' uoWEIci, Ill lhc val
tioys Ui VIC Cut" ana Ci!o -Ii'soufl' We're
Smo-.hiI"s % l'Ac crop !" crown "ud the
Go,iiu.oi,'i i,i'!p 9!:pPiS 80 iiocuicu' Ecly
iio"NJ iS'uo'ioh nus '"NVh pace, Mhlch
atnoI',0T ~ I'' ~ i'i'
1'i, s'a ~, y, "''' icy iii',n"l' nc c",@G IS
10y noon SG': STt oiosU Al h4"!'S"S' lniiol'' t4"i
a aiiu' onio -i ,ll9 -I'In'sth. Nc"t"sF mas
I ooIn sooi0iioU 'it I!,c SoH'uer'y t'l"of,
III, i" "nH 1i'"3oT'i I;ii tlnao c"> pv"
tho n,nrn uo PinS vi, ". ioSSi rs ..'yc
eilo i'oio i,oi't - ''u''eS; IhI Even
ohio 81 Indian Gi i; tni"o;s ci I,|.n I,m",
80, Missuri 80, Kansas SO, Nebraska IS.
Tho condition Of spring wheat, which
was reported very low last month, from
ravagcs Of chiuch bug, is not improved
in the August returns, but has fallen eli
very slightly. The general average is
S.S, two points less than Tho August re-
turns of last year Dakota has made a
slight change and stands highest in con
ditIun. The average for Wisconsin /, T3,
Minnesota 20, Iowa u, Nebraska II,
Dakota 50. In the extreme cast and
Pacific coast the condition Of spring
wheat Is high There lS no rcDCyt OF
winter wheat tiie present month, us 1T is
TOO early to Obtain results:
In the oats crop there Is no change.
part Oh TIE breadth was harvested at
iast reports. Tho condition averages
800, which indicates crop slightly un-
deT @ inc average.
Inc Darley crop promises to yield
rTI,n noatnr,, 49, Wv l'',' ;'i w..
condition, but is reduced slightly since
last reports. The aycrage is So, indi-
eating nearly m average yiold.
Buckyheat APP elrs to be pract cally
the same as last year and averages about
80. 3 in condition.
The tobacco crop is in HIGH condition
in tho seed lcof States oyrTIoin[, ncorIy